The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30

THING about it, and be taking thewlnu
all out OF my sails, | just told Maoei
| m come again to-day and l would
| have something further to say to her.
| And so | shall" cried Mrs. Torrance,
taking breath with renewed ylgor, Il
| shall have to tell her that her sister
has been arrested for a thief, and she
NAV 90 sing to her in prison. mat
what I'll tell her, the wicked, migrate
full girl"
'tWbich?" said Mr.. Torrance.
al don't know how anybody a be
| sc unfeeIing," cried his wife: lit really
seems as if YOU were more interested
in the troubles of two beggarIy girls
base enough TO rob your wife than IN
your wire's troubles. Both"
But robbery is a very harsh term,
Janet. darling. where Carelessness
may be the whole thing
"There it is again. My caSeIessnesS'
not their dishonesty. When went
to the ~washstand turned the ring on
my finger again, and there was the
stone gone"
And how many times have told
YOU that the careless habit OF wash
ing your hands with your rings on
wears off infnitesimal fractions OF the
gold till the stones are lOosened III the
setting, and drop out without your
! being aware of lt?"
You are always 50 wise after the
act! How DO you know | wasn't 60
ing to take my rings off? You are so
| ready to find me at fault! But l
thought at first the stone must have
washed out"
80 it seems you did wash your
hands with the ring On?" said the
turning worm.
YES, l did. There! And | sent for
the plumber Immediately, for l knew
if it had washed out it must have
caught in the first trap; and he
took up the trap, but it wasn't
there. And he said if he made a real
Job OF it, and went down to the main
something, he might find it there; but
l thought that would cost more than
the diamond ITSELF"
"Wise woman" groaned MI. Tor
| rance.
and so, you see, l didn't accuse
Mildred in the first place. l searched
and took every preCaution. | didn't
think of such a thing until saw her
standing there turning more coiOrs
than the lady in the lobster"
you don't saythat you really have
accused herr"
"Well, what if l have? must lose
my diamond that my dear grandtath.
er gave me when | was married, and
that l treasured so, and en-
dure it all in silence for fear
some little hussy's feelings will
be hurt. My feelings are Of no conse-
quence at all. 1t isn't to be reckoned
to my account that l was ready to
give her the diamond-and Hove dia-
monds. l don't think there's any
thing so beautiful in the whole world.
There's no other one thing that holds
so much in so little; | don't smean
money or money value. 1t is the
concrete essence OF sunshine-really,
materially. Oneethat identical stone
of mine, ages before man was made,
was nothing but food of sunshine,
married to the wet air Is it reached
one spot of the earth, and q wonder
full tree sprung from that marriage,
and aourished and lowered and fell,
a great strong marvel Of growth that
belongs TO those past cons when the
earth itself was but half crystallized
out of its gases, and that grows now
nowhere. For they can't find any SUBJ
stance now that can quite produce it.
And that made my diamond--by slow
concentration. Or else, even if it is
not that, it is the very compression
of that ancient atmosphere, almost
all carbon, which hung over the earth
in that first mystery OF. chaos. And,
at any rate, it is of the purest physi-
cal perfection known to-day, and Of
the simplest chemical composition.
So?n
MY love, how much you know!
You take my breath away. 1t seems
to me wickeder to have stolen your
diamond than to steal the Kohl
noorl"
1T is. The Bible says so. Nathan
talked to King David about the eve
lamb. And that was all the diamond
/ had. 1t would seem so to you,
really, if your head clerk had stolen
it, or anybody had stolen it but this
pretty Mildred"
but, Janet, you are always SO
positive"
"How can you say sol What am |
ever positive about? You wouldn't
have me distrust the evidences OF my
Senses
II beg you pardon. lean see as
far, and hear as quickly, and taste as
keenly as any one alive. And for you
to begin to run down my eyes now
perhaps they're not SO bright as they
have been-but never thought to
hear you INVITING me OF growing old
in this way all Of a sudden" trying
hard to swallow her sobsl-"because
you're interested-ln-in 10 serv.
ant-maid
For heavens sake, Janet, think
what you're sayinglp
Il do think what / am saying she
cried then. IN n furv. 0and Gov